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Child
Friendly Newspaper Award
&
Best Volunteer Award 2009
25th March 2010
In this era of globalization, the role and importance of media has increased
manifolds in bringing the issue of human rights and child protection into the
limelight. To encourage the media personals to handle the issue of child sexual
abuse in a more meaningful way, Sahil started to appreciate the contribution of
newspaper because of standard and sensitive reporting on the child protection
issues.
Sahil is also awarding its
volunteers for their contribution towards the cause; the cadre of volunteers is
a proof of people’s commitment for the issue and the credibility of the
organization.
In this regard, Sahil conducted its 5th ceremony of Child Friendly
Newspaper Award 2009 and best volunteer award 2009 in Marriott Islamabad
on 25 March 2010.
Syed Mumtaz Alam Gilani, Federal minister for Human
Rights and
his
Excellency Mr Robert Kvile, Ambassador of Norway joined Sahil as
honorable guests.
(Sitting from left to right)
Mr. Khawar Ansarie, Mr. Robert Kvile,
Syed Mumtaz Alam Gilani and Ms. Manizeh Bano
Federal Minister
for Human Rights Syed Mumtaz Gilani awarded newspapers with their
respective awards and cheques.
The newspaper who got their awards were
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Newspapers |
Category |
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Daily
Khabrain Islamabad |
National
category |
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Daily Kavish
Hyderabad |
Regional
category |
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Daily Leader
Lahore |
Local
category |
Special certificates were given to Daily
Dawn, Daily Times, Daily Jinnah, Daily Jang and Daily Nawa-e-Waqt.
Mr. Amjad Ali from Swabi,
was declared as the Best Volunteer for the year 2009.
In the
special mention category, one volunteer from each province was
selected to acknowledge their efforts towards the goal of Sahil. The
volunteers who were awarded in this category were
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Name |
Place |
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Mr. Hidayatullah Laghari |
Sangher,
Sindh |
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Mr. Zafar Ali Shah |
Lower Dir, Khyber
Pakhtoonkhawa |
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Mr. Irfan Hussain Joyia |
Bahawalpur,
Punjab |
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Mr. Rafiullah Mandokhail |
Zohb,
Balochistan |
Mr Robet Kvile distributed certificates
and award shields among volunteers.
Chairperson Sahil, Mr. Khawar Saeed Ansari
presented souvenirs to Syed Mumtaz Alam and Mr. Robert Kvile. While Syed
Mumtaz Alam Gilani presented souvenirs to Mr. Khawar Saeed and
Executive Director Sahil, Ms Manizeh
Bano.
A total
of 147
participants, 36 from media, 59 from different organizations, civil society
and universities participated in the ceremony including Sahil staff.
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